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cline, noted by G. C. Martin, 1903, Mary- 

 land Geological Survey, (Report on) Gar- 

 rett county, pp. 91 and 92; marine in- 

 vertebrate fauna noted in the Pocono but 

 not described. 



2. In the Broad Top Coal Field of Southern 



Pennsylvania a Pocono fauna has been 

 collected from a black shale by Messrs. 

 David White and G. H. Girty. They 

 have been studied by Dr. Girty and de- 

 scribed in manuscript. The fauna con- 

 sists of only a few genera and species, 

 only three or four species being found 

 at any single locality. In order of abun- 

 dance the forms noted were: Chonetes, 

 Gamarotaechia, Shipidomella, discinoids, 

 and the pelecypod Cypricardinia (oral 

 communication from Dr. Girty). 



3. At the Beaverhole (ford and limestone 



quarries) on Cheat River in Preston 

 county. West Virginia, 8 miles east of 

 Morgantown, brachiopoda were foimd 

 some years ago by Professor S. B. 

 Brown in a dark shale near the base of 

 the Pocono. A small collection consist- 

 ing of a very few species of brachiopoda 

 was obtained by the writer several years 

 ago, but no list of the forms is at present 

 available. 



4. On Laurel Mountain, in Tucker county. 



West Virginia, brachiopoda have been 

 found in two sandstone beds lying ap- 

 proximately 30 and 90 feet, respectively, 

 below the top of the Pocono. The lower 

 of the two faunal members rests upon a 

 shale which becomes deep red in color a 

 few feet below its top and seems to be 

 the highest red bed at this point below 

 the top of the Pocono. A small assem- 

 blage of forms, which are, however, 

 abundantly represented by individuals, 

 was noted. The upper fauna consists of 

 the following forms as noted in the field, 

 given in the order of relative abundance: 

 Choneies, Schizophoria, Spirifer (coarse- 

 ribbed), a gastropod (cf. Pleurotomaria) , 

 a pelecjrpod {cf. Cypricardinia or Gram- 

 my sia). The lower fauna contains the 

 following: Spirifer (fine-ribbed), abun- 

 dant, and Gamaroioechia. 



5. On Limestone Mountain in Tucker comity. 



West Virginia, in talus accumulation 

 from the Pocono were found impressions 

 of Schizophoria in sandstone. 



6. In the Price (Pocono?) Sandstone of 



Southwestern Virginia brachiopoda have 

 been collected from at least two localities 

 by G. W. Stose, (oral communication), 

 and their presence noted in Bulletin 530 

 of the U. S. Geological Survey, p. 251. 

 The study of the Maryland and West Vir- 

 ginia collections is contemplated by the 

 writer and he would be glad to receive 

 through these columns or otherwise addi- 

 tional information concerning Pocono faunas. 



W. Armstrong Price 

 West VmoiNiA Geological Sukvet, 

 Morgantown, W. Va. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR 

 THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



SECTION F— ZOOLOGY 



The Oonvooaition Week meetiings of Section F 

 (Zoology) of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science were held in conjunction 

 with those of the American Society of Zoologists 

 at Saint Louis, Missouri, December 29, 30 and 31, 

 1919. 



At the business meeting of the section, Professor 

 Caswell Grave was elected secretary pro tern.; 

 Professor George Lefevre, of the University of 

 Missouri, was elected memiber of the council; Pro- 

 fessor B. H. Ransom, of Northwestern University, 

 was chosen member of the general committee; 

 Professor H. B. Ward, of the University of Illi- 

 nois, was elected member of the sectional commit- 

 tee for five years. 



The seeitdonal committee nominated Profe^or 

 John Sterling Kingsley, of the University of Illi- 

 nois, as vice-president of the section for the en- 

 suing year. 



The address of the retiring vice-president of 

 Section P, Professor WilEam Patten, of Dart- 

 mouth College, upon "The message of the biolo- 

 gist" was delivered at the annual dinner of the 

 American Society of Zoologists at Hotel Statler, 

 Wednesday evening, December 31, and is printed 

 in the issue of Science for January 30. 



H. V. Neal, 

 Seeretary 



